moror
Latin
Etymology 1
From mora (“delay”) + -or (deponent verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ror/, [ˈmɔrɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ror/, [ˈmɔːror]
Verb
moror (present infinitive morārī or morārier, perfect active morātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- (intransitive) to linger, loiter
- (transitive) to delay, hinder
- to impede, detain, cause to wait, hinder
Conjugation
Conjugation of moror (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | moror | morāris, morāre |
morātur | morāmur | morāminī | morantur |
imperfect | morābar | morābāris, morābāre |
morābātur | morābāmur | morābāminī | morābantur | |
future | morābor | morāberis, morābere |
morābitur | morābimur | morābiminī | morābuntur | |
perfect | morātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | morātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | morātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | morer | morēris, morēre |
morētur | morēmur | morēminī | morentur |
imperfect | morārer | morārēris, morārēre |
morārētur | morārēmur | morārēminī | morārentur | |
perfect | morātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | morātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | morāre | — | — | morāminī | — |
future | — | morātor | morātor | — | — | morantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | morārī, morārier1 |
morātum esse | morātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
participles | morāns | morātus | morātūrus | — | — | morandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
morandī | morandō | morandum | morandō | morātum | morātū |
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: muorarsi (dialect of Lucca)
- → Old French: morer
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: morar
- → Old Spanish: morar
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “morari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 124
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “dull, slow”). Coined by Nero most likely.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.ror/, [ˈmoːrɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ror/, [ˈmɔːror]
Verb
mōror (present infinitive mōrārī); first conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem
- (hapax) to be a fool
- c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum VI 33, (The pun is that using the verb mŏrārī would mean “He is no longer tarrying among people”, meaning “he died”.):
- Certē omnibus rērum verbōrumque contumēliīs mortuum īnsectātus est, modo stultitiae modo saevitiae arguēns; nam et mōrārī eum dēsīsse inter hominēs prōductā prīmā syllabā iocābātur multaque dēcrēta et cōnstitūta, ut īnsipientis atque dēlīrī, prō irritīs habuit.
- He certainly blamed the dead one [Claudius] with all insults, of deeds and of words, sometimes reproving his stupidity, other times his cruelty; for he jested about him having ceased to be a fool among people (with a lengthened first syllable) as well as having nullified many decrees and edicts of his, as those of an unwise and crazy one.
- Certē omnibus rērum verbōrumque contumēliīs mortuum īnsectātus est, modo stultitiae modo saevitiae arguēns; nam et mōrārī eum dēsīsse inter hominēs prōductā prīmā syllabā iocābātur multaque dēcrēta et cōnstitūta, ut īnsipientis atque dēlīrī, prō irritīs habuit.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mōror (first conjugation, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | mōror | mōrāris, mōrāre |
mōrātur | mōrāmur | mōrāminī | mōrantur |
imperfect | mōrābar | mōrābāris, mōrābāre |
mōrābātur | mōrābāmur | mōrābāminī | mōrābantur | |
future | mōrābor | mōrāberis, mōrābere |
mōrābitur | mōrābimur | mōrābiminī | mōrābuntur | |
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | mōrer | mōrēris, mōrēre |
mōrētur | mōrēmur | mōrēminī | mōrentur |
imperfect | mōrārer | mōrārēris, mōrārēre |
mōrārētur | mōrārēmur | mōrārēminī | mōrārentur | |
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | mōrāre | — | — | mōrāminī | — |
future | — | mōrātor | mōrātor | — | — | mōrantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | mōrārī | — | — | — | — | — | |
participles | mōrāns | — | — | — | — | mōrandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
mōrandī | mōrandō | mōrandum | mōrandō | — | — |
References
- “moror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “moror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- moror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- moror in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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